European Economic Integration

Contents overview
This Course attempts to teach about the European Union, its politics, economics and challenges. The objectives of the Course are:

To understand the fundamentals of the European integration process.

To comprehend the forms and dynamics of the institutional system of the European Union.

To analyse competition, trade, monetary, agricultural, internal, regional and social European policies.

To learn and debate on the characteristics, capabilities, limitations and challenges of the European Union.

To understand the relationship between deepening policies and enlargements, and between competitiveness and solidarity in Europe.

To analyse the European integration in a context of globalization.

To manage the European Union sources.

ContentsWeek 1
Europe & the European Union

1. A Course Overview
2. Elements of European Integration
3. The Dynamics of the European Communities
4. The European Union System
5. The Economic Liberties & the European Policies

Week 2The European Union Policies

6. The Competition Policy: Market & Enterprise
7. The Internal & Agricultural Policies
8. The Economic and Monetary Union
9. The Regional and Cohesion Policy
10. The European Social Policy & the European Welfare

Week 3The Europan Union Economic Policies and Challenges

11. The Euro Crisis
12. The European Economic Governance
13. The European Challenges I: From Unemployment to Institutional System
14. The European Challenges II: Brexit, Neighborhoods, US and Global
15. A Course Summary

Teaching / learning activities

Presentation & Complementary Source

Reading & Statement

Proof

Evaluation
This Course is based on a high student participation. For this, participants will receive all the materials and indications needed.
Grading policy. The final grade will be composed by: 60 % from 3 week brief proofs + 25 % from 14 one page daily statements + 10 % from one Course presentation + 5 % from Course attendance and participation.

Internet sites
Euractiv: EU news and policy debates <http://www.euractiv.com>.
European Central Bank: Research & Publications <https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/html/index.en.html>.
European Commission: European Economy Explained <http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/explained/index_en.htm>.
European Commission: Europe 2020 <http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/making-it-happen/key-areas/index_en.htm>
European Parliament: Fact Sheets on the European Union <http://www.europarl.europa.eu/atyourservice/en/displayFtu.html>.
European Union: Glossary of the Summaries < http://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossary/glossary.html#A >.
European Union: Official Website of the European Union <https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en>.
European Union: Topics of the European Union <https://europa.eu/european-union/topics_en>.
International Monetary Fund: The IMF and Europe <http://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Europe-and-the-IMF>
OECD: European Union <http://www.oecd.org/eu>.